Emory University Jun 8 2026 AI is already boosting positive outcomes in healthcare and holds promise for delivering many more. It is important, however, that deployment of AI tools - especially in a life-or-death healthcare setting - proceeds at a thoughtful and measured pace, cautions Shengpu Tang, assistant professor of computer science at Emory University. Tang and colleagues found a flaw in many peer-reviewed studies using the AI method known as reinforcement learning as a theoretical guide